ASUS motherboard cpu and dram troubleshooting 990fx sabertooth R2.0

[@osbodav]

Everyone i believe i figured out what was happening. when you take out the graphics card the mobo gets a error when you put another graphics card so what you need to do is turn it off if it is on. then take out the card and turn on the pc. i know there's no HDMI in the mobo. wait for all the lights to flash. this is the mobo booting up. turn it off when its finished booting(aka lights going on and off) next put in the graphics card then turn it on and it will boot normally. It may also be a cpu issue and it's building up a static charger.

[@Indi_DevJames]

Didn't work

[@EternalSessions6]

This worked for me after a few days of diagnosing. Thank you so much

[@jakeg1978]

i'm still using this motherboard in 2020 with an AMD FX 8350 clocked to 4.6ghz. added an XFX RX 590 with 16 gb ddr3 kit overclocked. runs great mother board really tuff.

[@NyoronKitty]

Got the same motherboard, when we have a power outage I get the cpu led problem when I try to start it back up. I'm not entirely sure what fixes it, but it's some funky combination of holding down the ram button on the motherboard, shutting off power completely, pulling out any power connected usb hubs and turning it back on to see if the red lights turn off and pc boots up normally. Then re-sync the clock when I'm back in the OS. I wouldn't call myself a technician, but if it works, it works I suppose, still a huge pain. Thanks for showing all the things you try, it gave me the confidence to mess with it until it worked!

[@osbodav]

Glad you figured it out.

[@depecheddurand]

Hey dude i just wanted to thank you after watching your detailed video i managed it . I had same issues and i followed your steps and bam!!! saw the screen . I just took all my rams out and installed just one and i saw the screen lighting up then i carefully loaded all the rams one after another and all good. Since i have that big cooler master evo 212 i was scared to take it off and check the processor but i got lucky it was just a ram issue. I did`nt even have to do the bios flash.

[@PluviaAeterna]

I replaced everything but the problem was the fkn cmos battery, it needed a new one then it booted normally without the red dram light and the cpu red light with the original hardware, happened on another Asus board too when it should boot with the battery dead too and give an warning but those Asus boards sometimes are weird and don't boot with the battery dead and battery needs replacing every month or so when pc dies again with new ones, this finally fixed it for me

[@lslimjim1614]

i pulled out cmos battery. left out for 10mins. powered on without in then put back in and booted that worked for me

[@donaldrobbins252]

My 990FX just died after 3 yrs. It worked great for a time. It would not post, I tried swapping everything out to no avail. I ended up buying a Gigabyte 78LMT mobo to get by.

[@johnhealy2001]

These motherboards don't like any moving or shaking about nothing like the gigabyte motherboard these are very delicate and are very tempremental

[@vincecooper2672]

Why do you have the GPU in PCIE Slot 4 ? When it should be in Slot 1.

[@Gdottiii]

bro i’m litteraly having the same exact problem i get 2 red lights in my mother board that go away and my pc loads up with 100% disk usage already and i keep freezing sometimes before i can even sign in pls help

[@LLant_lildrew]

All I’m trying to say is that if your dram light is on white or a different color just unplug your ram stick and turn you power switch on and off then turn your pc on and it should work

[@marc2377]

For the red cpu led: The BIOS* chip may be seated incorrectly, or with the wrong orientation, or is defective (either the chip itself, or the socket); or maybe the bios is corrupted. For the red dram led: The bios may be corrupted. After ensuring the chip is inserted correctly, if the error persists, try rewriting the bios using the "usb bios flashback" feature. All it requires is a usb flash drive inserted in the proper slot, power connection to the motherboard, and the pressing of a button (no CPU necessary). Refer to your motherboard manual for instructions. * more appropriately: uefi / firmware

[@harounben342]

Where is the bios chip located in a P9X79 Pro?

[@nickstephens4918]

I have as similar issues. I have same mobo it will power up for about 8 to 10 seconds and just as its bout to post the cpu led will light up and the pc will power off... i have tried the bios battery and pin at the bottom with no lock.... but when i press the mem ok button it will post and when alow me in to bios after pressing f1 but once i restart pc the problem returns... any one got any ideas

[@vincecooper2672]

Why do you have the Ram stick in the second Slot B1 when it should be in Slot D1 ? That would cause a boot problem. You should always have a stick of Ram in the closest Slot to the CPU..

[@SamppaZ]

aaand that's not true...

[@michaelellis9803]

That WORKED!!!!! osbodav THANK YOU BRO!!!! I WAS ABOUT TO SHAVE MY HEAD BALD

[@osbodav]

No problem remember to sub for incase it happens again then you can look up this video again

[@EOchoa-pk3co]

It worked! You are a GOD!!!

[@kyoryu1]

HELLO, READ THIS POSSIBLE FIXED MADE BY ME FROM VARIOUS EXPERIENCES IN THE PAST. PD: my bios is factory stocked CPU LED LIT: is a bad connection between the CPU FAN 4pin(Make sure it i placed in the CPU SLOT connector of the motherboard and if it is, push the black and yellow cables gently in the motherboard direction sometimes removing it more than once can be te issue). The other problem is the 12v rail from 6 pin connector from the PSU. Had this problem like 20 times. Mostly is the PSU(the 12v connector was melted and didn't knew it). Maby the psu is not giving proper voltage and you need to replace it). I replaced it and its been 1 and a half year until now without stupid led problems. I have a problem now with the BOOT DEVICE LED on lit(HAPPENNED AFTER INSTALLING THE NEW NVIDIA DRIVERS 02/13/1993 version). I am fucked up, so i will do with ose last steps of removing the cmos battery plus cleaning the bios and putting the gpu in slot 3. Wish me like guys. Sometimes is a bad voltage wich can cause this issues and can be from everu device you had connected(USB, WIFI, MOUSE GPU, MONITOR SIGNAL CABLE, etc). Wath i can add to this errors is that this MOBO has a lot of candies and you had to read a lot to relieve your headache of guessing wath the problem and fix will be. I am a pc technician and a hardcore gamer at Lima-Perú. I built my pc wich is a: FX 8350. 16gb of KINGSTON DDR3 VALUE RAMS(4X4GB), COOLERMASTER V4 GTS, MICROSOFT SIDEWINDER X4, CORSAIR M65 MILITAR CAMOUFLAGE ED., 2TB HDD SEAGATE BARRACUDA 7200 RPM., GTX 970 STRIX DIRECT CU II OC EDITION, SABERTOOTH 990FX REV. 2.0.

[@harounben342]

Do you have power interruptions in your country?

[@chadnapoles8726]

Mine is solid red cpu led and i can only use it after clearing cmos 20 times or less if lucky. Help me please.

[@osbodav]

Youll have to check if its on the latest update and put in certain cables on first before adding anything else

[@chadnapoles8726]

@@osbodav yes it is updated, cables are fine the fact that I can use it for whole day without interruptions but the moment I turned off my pc i need to do clear cmos (using the jumpers) many times until the red will come off and it will boot properly. I dont feel like bringing it on repair shop cuz i dont have that much money and i need to use it everyday

[@osbodav]

@@chadnapoles8726 press and hold the power button while its unplugged and make sure the keyboard is plugged in on the first 2 usbs by the keyboad and mouse outlets and make sure you not using a graphics card at first and have it plugged in to the tv while yurining it on then it should say press f2 then itll start up in bios

[@chadnapoles8726]

Still the same solid red cpu light all fans working

[@chadnapoles8726]

I test all my ram, gpu, cpu, power supply on my old mobo all working. Is it the new one could be the problem?

[@GTunlocker78]

my asus p7p55d stuck on vga led how fix it ?

[@801...]

man thx i did it like you and it works now way to oc my fx >:D

[@801...]

hi from Ukraine btw

[@anabelsky292]

На такой же плате не работает спикер а компьютер нормально включается в чем проблема?

[@DragonProtector]

ASUS M5A99FX PRO R2.0 no turn on jsut green led lit

[@DevPanigrahy]

I have the same issue. When ever tried to boot some times it post or sometimes not. But every time booted sucessfully with vga error blinking. Need your reply

[@osbodav]

I pinned the solution i had trouble with if you follow that then it might work otherwise its your bios settings too

[@DevPanigrahy]

@@osbodav is there any fix becoz everytime i hv to reset the bios or is my graphic card have the issue ?

[@osbodav]

@@DevPanigrahy yes the graphics card is the issue its for all graphics cards. Send it in for rma if you can

[@DevPanigrahy]

@@osbodav r u sure becoz it works well when it sucessfully booted ?

[@osbodav]

@@DevPanigrahy then just keep doing what you are doing to boot it up. Otherwise send the motherboard back to the company and they can repair it.

[@ricoshayoj5284]

Hi so when I have one ram stick in my mono it’s works perfect But when i put in a second, I get black screen and no power in keyboard and mouse Can you help?

[@osbodav]

Try the next one over

[@leonardoemanuel4735]

aaand RIP 9:56 ha! im having the same trouble atm with that fkin cpu led

[@osbodav]

Leonardo Emanuel it was a pain for me to figure it out.

[@leonardoemanuel4735]

osbodav so i managed to get it working... i got a phenom 965.. flashed 0219.. then a 8150.. worked.. flashed 2901.. worked... :) no more red leds

[@osbodav]

Leonardo Emanuel congrats

[@abdirahmansheikh1062]

@@osbodav please help me I really tried so much... I cleaned my RAM and my GPU.. still nothing.. and my fans are spinning. And u got a discord?

[@osbodav]

@@abdirahmansheikh1062 you need to update your bios

[@ivoyapura1966]

Mi mother asus m5a9ofxpro r2.0 tiene el error cpu led rojo. Alguna solucion?

[@marc2377]

Check my most recent comment. I revived an expensive "dead" motherboard with the same error a few days ago.

[@alexandersolbakken5541]

Steve o pc tutorials

[@TheMrK0t]

Hi man, i have a problem looks like in your video, but some another effect. In video you not try instal video card in second pci-e2 (black) i put in this slot and sistem boot is ok. But speaker not "beep" aniway) a realy has a speak whis you about all strenge glich thet MB, we may a speak in skype or some like voice connection? If you are has a little time for thets, i'm from russia and not good wrote in eng ) and not be a told about many thing in text) but im shure in voice thets theme progress a good and a faster change our expiriens) p.s. sorry for gramatic fail in my message)

[@osbodav]

The speaker and headphones wont work with this motherboard you can only use hdmi for sound

[@TheMrK0t]

,speaker mute is not a first problem) i talk about a not working ports pci-e1 and pci-e3 (16x)

[@osbodav]

@@TheMrK0t it might need motherboard update or the sound on the board might not be installed properly

[@TheMrK0t]

The sound is all in ok, I meant only the sound of the pc-speaker "beep-beep" you understand?) the fact that he does not squeal some time is not a problem, the system always loads normally.but it only works if the video card in the second slot pci-e (4x) and if it is placed in the slots (16x) brown, then I get a situation just like you video.

[@osbodav]

@@TheMrK0t then the 16x one is broken and needs to be repaired by the company

[@kennithindriago1597]

tengo el mismo problema, podras explicar como lo solucionaste? google traduce pls.

[@osbodav]

Kennith Indriago I was able to fix it in one of my videos kzbin.info/www/bejne/pqnTmKhjnrZjbLs

[@kennithindriago1597]

HE INTENTADO TUS PASOS PERO NO PUEDO ENCONTRAR EL PROBLEMA, MI COMPUTADORA FUNCIONABA BIEN, LUEGO DE UNA ACTUALIZACION DE W10 SE APAGO Y NUNCA ENCENDIO :(

[@osbodav]

Kennith Indriago it can be different for everyone. I have fx8320 so the firmware you need would be different if you have a different cpu. Some steps will work some won't depends what asus messed up on it.

[@kennithindriago1597]

BUENO AMIGO. YO TENGO EL FX8350 LA MISMA PLACA MADRE. LE ADAPTE UN SISTEMA DE ENFRIAMIENTO NZXT KRAKEN X62. LA CUAL PENSE QUE ESTABA DAÑADA Y LE ADAPTE EL FAN COOL ORIGINAL Y NADA. AHORITA ANDO TRABAJANDO PARA SOLUCIONARLO Y QUE ME ENCIENDA MI PC ESTOY QUE LLORO :,(

[@osbodav]

Kennith Indriago hmmm I would suggest trying different updates to the bios then

[@mikemorrison6373]

look no ram installed empty slots

[@osbodav]

Having the ram in first ram slot filled didn't help before i made this video.

[@kendomann7359]

when you only use on stick of ram has to be in the first slot to work

[@muralisailada]

Dont buy asus...always bios problem repeat...

[@andtheroadbecomesmybride7468]

Я люблю тебя чувак !!!!!